University of Wisconsin President Ray Cross on Tuesday asked the Legislature's budget-writing committee to approve a new public authority for the UW System, a "dedicated and stable funding stream" and to reduce the governor's proposed $300 million budget cut over the next two years.

Shortly after he finished his testimony, a handful of protesters burst into the room shouting, "No cuts, no deals." Followed by four Capitol police officers, the protesters marched past the table where Cross was sitting to give testimony before the Joint Committee on Finance.

If Park Bank is liable for not spotting Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva's $34 million embezzlement from Koss Corp. and has to reimburse the company, Koss Chief Executive Michael Koss should also be ordered to pull out his personal checkbook and pay the public company he runs, the bank argues in a new lawsuit.

Grant Thornton, Koss Corp.'s former auditor, should also have to pay a portion of any court award that may be ordered, Park Bank argued in the latest twist in a long-running court fight stemming from Sachdeva's massive embezzlement.

"Park Bank denies any and all liability to Koss in this case," Park Bank wrote in its action. "Nevertheless, should Park Bank be found liable to Koss (Corp.) and required to pay damages to Koss, in this case, those damages will have been the result of a common liability of Park Bank, Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, thereby entitling Park Bank to (a) contribution from Michael Koss and Grant Thornton."(3)

Pre-game from Cleveland

Coming off a tough home loss to the New Jersey Nets Tuesday, the Bucks will take on the powerful Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at Quicken Loans Arena. It’s the final meeting of the teams this season.

“We’re playing a great club,” said coach Scott Skiles. “They’ve only lost one time in this building. Not only would we have to play a very, very good game but we have to some things to make them play poorly. We have to come and shake off (last night) and play as hard as we can and see what happens.”

Despite the Bucks’ 0-3 record against LeBron James and the Cavaliers this season, Skiles has no major changes up his sleeve where the game plan is concerned.

“We don’t have the type of team where we can change a whole lot from game to game,” said Skiles. “We’ll try to give LeBron different looks and put different people on him and we may double him on occasion. But that’s really not our game. If you’re going to double-team a guy and go rotating around and try to cover people, you really need to be athletic and have some good length to do that against a really good club like this. It’s just not the type of team we are right now.”

The Bucks are 8-10 when playing the second game of a back-to-back situation. The Bucks have lost five of their last seven games and have seen their record fall to 29-34. They are trying to avoid falling six games under .500 for the first time since they were 9-15 on Dec. 10 which is the low point of the season.

In the first three games against the Bucks this season, James averaged 42.7 points on 55.0% shooting. He scored 55 points in the last meeting, a 111-103 Cleveland victory on Feb. 20 at the Bradley Center. It’s the most points ever scored by a Cavalier against the Bucks. James this season has also set franchise single-game highs against two other teams in the Central Division – 47 against Indiana, and 41 twice against Chicago.

The Cavaliers will take a 47-12 record, best in the Eastern Conference, into the game. It is the first time in the team’s 39-year history that it has been 35 games over the .500 mark.

The Cavaliers are a league-best 26-1 at home and are holding the opposition to league-lows of 88.8 points per game and 41.9% shooting at home.